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No. 316,948. Patentd May 5, 1885;

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FRANCIS L. CUTTER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR CARDS, 80o.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,948, dated May 5, 1885,

Application filed August 21, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, FRANCIS L. CUTTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders for Cards, Samples, and Tidies, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a novel, efficient, and economical holder for cards and samples or similar articles; and the invention consists in a wire bent to form a straight pointed shank, a suspension double or S-shaped hook, and a double-coiled head, with the coils arranged side by side to receive between them the price-card, said double or S-shaped hook being interposed between the straight pointed shank and the double-coiled head in such manner that the latter not only serves to receive and retain the card, but also serves as a medium to prevent the sample suspended by the hook from becoming disengaged therefrom.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l repre sents a front View of a holder constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a side view of the same; Fig. 3, a front view of a modification, and Fig. 4 a side view of the same.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, referring to the drawings, where The letter A indicates the holder, which is composed of a single piece of wire bent to form the straight pointed shank a, the double or S-shaped suspension-hook b, and the head 0, which is formed by a series of coils lying side by side for the purpose of receiving between them a price-card or similar article, as shown in Fig. 1. The double or S-shaped hookb is interposed between the shank a and the double-coiled head 0, so that the head not only serves to receive and retain the price-card, but also acts to prevent the sample suspended by the hook from becoming disengaged therefrom. The suspension-hook b is in front of the pointed shank, and the double coiled head 0 is arranged about on a level with the highest portion of the rear section of the hook, the object being to prevent, the price card or ticket from obscuring any part of the sample suspended by the hook.

The double or S-shaped hook affords a rest ing-place for the sample or article to be displayed, while the head provides simple means for holding a price card or ticket.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the hook I) bent so as to project slightly into the open space of the double-coiled head, the object of which is to more securely retain and prevent the disengagement of the sample or article to be displayed, as the sample can only be removed by applying thereto a certain amount of force.

I am aware that a pricecard holder has been composed of a wire bent to form a pointed shank and a double hook, to the extremity of which hook is attached a flat head, the hook being between the head and the shank. I am also aware that price-card and sample holders have been composed of wire bent into pointed shanks and double coils. Such features, therefore, I do not broadly claim; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- The price-card and sample holder herein shown and described, the same consisting of a piece of wire bent to form the straight shank.

a, the double or S'shaped hook b, and the double'coiled head 0, the double hook being interposed between the straight shank and the double-coiled head, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS L. CUTTER. [L. s] 

